SC hopes Speaker will Decide in 2 weeks on Mukul Roy issue

The SC on Monday expressed hope that the West Bengal assembly Speaker will decide within two weeks a plea seeking disqualification of Mukul Roy, who defected to the Trinamool from the BJP after the state polls. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BV Nagarathna adjourned the matter to the second week of February. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the Assembly Speaker, urged the bench to post the matter for hearing in the third week of February as it would be impractical to put a tight deadline.